OBIT: Enid Daily News, Thurs June 1, 1967 Cherokee Strip Pioneer Dies William N. Goodale Marla Andrus ------------------------------------------------------------ OBITUARY: William N. Goodale, 1967, Ames, Major Co., OK Enid Daily News Thursday June 1, 1967 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Marla Andrus PaulnMarla@Juno.com *********************************************************************** Enid Daily News, Thursday June 1, 1967 Photo: W. N. Goodale in original article Cherokee Strip Pioneer Dies One of the last of the Cherokee Strip pioneers, W. N. (Bill) Goodale, 95 died Wednesday of injuries he received earlier when the pickup truck he was driving collided with another pickup near his farm home north of Ames. The driver of the other pickup, Ned Wood, Ames, was treated and released at the hospital. Funeral Services for the old pioneer will be held in the Ames School auditorium at 2 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. John H. Morgan in charge. Burial will follow in the Ames Cemetery under the direction of the Henninger-Allen Funeral Home. He was a native of White Mount, N.H. and came to Oklahoma from Aurora, Illinois by train in July 1893. He came to Kingfisher and rested at the home of Monroe Davis, who had a claim about 2 1/2 miles west of Kingfisher. While he was waiting for the Sept. 16 opening of the Cherokee Outlet, a Cheyenne Indian doctor, Standbar, came by the ranch on his way to El Reno. Goodale and Standbar smoked a peace pipe and the Indian loaned Goodale the pony to ride in the race for land. The Indian was one that had fought against General Custer. Goodale staked his claim two miles north and a half west of Ames and lived on it the rest of his life. One man tried to run him off the land when he staked it, but didn’t get the job done. Goodale farmed it until he retired in 1963. In 1905 he married Emma Hankins, a neighbor girl. They had five children. Three survive. They are (Bessie) Mrs. Clarence Webber, Enid; (Louvina) Mrs. Gene Stevens; (Opal) Mrs. Billy Gilbert, Clinton-Sherman A.F.B; George Goodale died in an Enid nursing home in 1965 and Earl fell off a grain elevator in Hutchinson, Kan and was killed. Mrs. Goodale died in another automobile accident Aug 5, 1936. There are 12 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.